19th Cir. AO 2013-17 — Veterans' Treatment Court, County (Misdemeanor) Division

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Transcribed verbatim from the court's born-scanned order (no text layer has ever existed publicly; the register PDF was live-fetched 2026-08-19, sha256-matched to the 2026-07 custody row, rasterized at 170 dpi, and each quoted provision was read and verified against the page image at transcription time); whitespace normalised only. The full scanned document remains in custody and is the controlling text. • 1. A Veterans' Treatment Court shall be operational within the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit County Criminal Division to hear cases involving defendants who are identified as a veteran, as defined in §1.01 Fla. Stat., or service member, as defined in §250.01 Fla. Stat., who suffers from a military service-related mental illness, traumatic brain injury, substance abuse disorder, or psychological problem who are eligible for services through Veterans Administration and who have been charged with misdemeanor offenses. Court approval will be considered upon motion of either party or the court's own motion. Veterans' Treatment Court may also hear cases in which a defendant is charged with a violation of county court probation for a non-driving under the influence offense with the consent of the county court judge of the criminal division to which the case is assigned. • 2. Referrals to the program may be made by any court, Department of Corrections, law enforcement, State Attorney, defense attorney, Veteran organization, mental health or substance abuse provider, or any other interested party. Admittance requires verification by the Veterans Administration that the defendant is entitled to receive services. • 3. Upon confirmation from the Veterans Administration that the defendant is entitled to receive veteran services for treatment, evaluation, or placement related to a behavioral health issue, the County Court shall enter an order transferring the case to Veterans' Treatment Court and directing the clerk to place the case or cases on the Misdemeanor Veterans' Treatment Court docket. • 4. There shall be three types of cases within Veterans Treatment Court: a. Pretrial Diversion: A defendant is eligible for a pretrial intervention program if he/she meets requirements of §948.16 Fla. Stat. Once the defendant has been deemed eligible for Veterans Administration services, he/she shall enter a plea of guilty or no contest and the sentencing shall be set off. The defendant and Veterans Treatment Court Judge shall sign the Veterans' Treatment Court agreement and the defendant shall be released on their own recognizance with the condition that he/she complies with the agreement. Upon successful completion of the Veterans' Treatment Court the plea will be withdrawn and the charges dismissed. b. Post-Adjudication: If the defendant is not eligible for pretrial diversion, he/she may be ordered by the County Criminal Judge to complete Veterans' Treatment Court as a special condition of probation pursuant to §948.21 Fla. Stat. c. Condition of ROR on pending Violation of Probation: If a defendant has a pending violation of probation, he/she may be released on his/her own recognizance by any judge with the condition that he/she participates in Veterans' Treatment Court. An admission shall be entered, and upon completion of the program, the admission is withdrawn and the violation of probation shall be dismissed. • 5. Defendants accepted into the program will attend court hearings as ordered by the Veterans' Treatment Court Judge. The defendant shall participate in ongoing assessments, treatment and discharge planning. • 6. The Defendant shall participate in Veterans' Treatment Court until successful completion of discharge planning, with the minimum being six months.

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19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)

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Healthy · checked August 23, 2026

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December 23, 2013

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August 19, 2026benchpath-scan-transcription-2026-08-19

Reviewer note: Document sha256: 0f1e59ca823a-prefixed (see source_documents custody row; 152,620 bytes; 3 pages — memo p.1, operative order pp.2-3, read in full). Born-scanned order from the 19th's named 14-scan OCR backlog (P1 task 47f5ab4e). Transcription method: page images read at 170 dpi with each quoted provision verified against the image; no raw machine OCR was published.

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19th Cir. AO 2013-17 — Veterans' Treatment Court, County (Misdemeanor) Division

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